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LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds
Submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.404media.co/lapd-eyes-geospy-an-ai-tool-that-can-geolocate-photos-in-seconds/
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 months ago
BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Their reporting is often based on FOIA requests, which are a public service, so they give free access to those articles without a paywall.
They have been open and transparent that they require a free account to read their free articles because it prevents LLMs from illegally scraping and plagiarizing their original reporting. Logging in to a free account is a small price to pay to ensure these actual journalists continue to produce excellent work.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I appreciate that, and if a fake email works then I’ll happily give them that. But that’s it.
If I need to sign up with a real address, click a verification link, unsubscribe (possibly a few times) and remember what I gave them the next time they put up a login: No.
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9point6@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Surely it would be better for the environment, at least, to hire one of those GeoGuessr guys
DemBoSain@midwest.social 7 months ago